Jordanians rethink umrah plans in light of new travel conditions
Published 23 Jan,2021 via The Jordan Times AMMAN — New rules for Muslim pilgrims have been issued, allowing only those aged between 18 and 50 to perform Hajj, the greater Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca and one of the five pillars of Islam, and umrah, the lesser Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca that can be taken at any time.
The Hajj and umrah agencies, in a statement issued on Friday, said that the new conditions issued by the Saudi health ministry also dictate that a traveller must present a negative PCR test from an acknowledged lab in Jordan.
The pilgrim must be tested in Saudi Arabia both on arrival and upon departure, and tested again in Jordan upon arrival, accumulating to overalls of four tests within the 10-day travel period on the expense of the traveller.
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